Appeal No. 1997-4352 Application No. 08/422,689 This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 15 through 34 and 36, all the claims pending in the application. The invention is directed to a computer-based interrogation recording tool for rapidly converting verbal descriptions of objects and events into graphical displays by recording, arranging and manipulating graphical objects stored in a three-dimensional geometric database in response to an operator’s input based on a witness’ statements to the operator. Representative independent claim 15 is reproduced as follows: 15. A method for creating a visual display of a set of objects in response to a person’s verbal statements describing actual objects and events occurring at different times, said method comprising: receiving by an operator a plurality of said verbal statements containing descriptions of said objects at different times; said operator entering information derived from said verbal statements into an interrogation recording tool, said statements being recorded and represented by the interrogation recording tool as graphical representations of the objects and events; 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007